Donald Dennis
Host, producer, and sound engineer, for the On Board Games and Games in Schools and Libraries podcasts. Donald also appears on the On RPGs podcast as a disruptive influence and inverse genius.
For his day job Donald works in the Georgetown County Library system where he is the Teen Technology and Games Librarian. His job duties include making spaces game friendly, curating the games and technology collection, and setting up game and technology outreach for patrons age 10+ at all four library locations.
Gaming Vitae
Grant Management
2018-19 Moonrise Grant
2017-18 Libraries Ready to Code / CTRL/Alt/Decode
2016 LSTA Grant 21st Century Skills for Eco-Literacy
Georgetown County Library System
Co-Designer Eco-Escape, an escape room for the Georgetown County Library System
Presented on escape room design for libraries (see Presentations)
Scheduled game design classes with local game designers
Studio Head for in-library game studio
2014 SPARKS! Ignition Grant for Libraries on Transformative Youth Technologies: Digital-age Critical Workforce Skills for Teens & Twenty-somethings
Georgetown County Library System
Hosted Escape Room Camp Waccamaw Neck Branch Library, South Carolina 2016
Hosted CS First: Video Game Design workshops 2015 -2016
Created and purchased $1000+ board game collection for Georgetown County Library System
Bunnelle Youth Technology Experience Series (BYTES) Strategic Grant Manager
Georgetown County Library System 2008-2012
Managed games and technology programs at the Georgetown County Library System
Organized dozens of game tournaments
Taught
Published Works
Teen Games Rule!: A Librarian's Guide to Platforms and Programs
Co Author, Chapter 3: Interactive Teen Gaming Programs : Georgetown County Library, South Carolina
Cited in
Journal of Childhood Education, Volume 94, 2018 - Issue 1
Creating Engaging Escape Rooms for the Classroom
Alt - link http://scottnicholson.com/pubs/escapegamesclassroom.pdf
Professional Presentations
ShushCon Story Games Workshop, March 2019
Presenter & Workshop Lead: Games and Story (Slides)
SC State Library Teen Services Exchange, October 2018
Presenter: Escape Rooms in Libraries
ShushCon Librarian Trade Day, March 2018
Presenter & Workshop Lead: Computational Thinking Activities for Libraries
American Library Association Summer Annual 2017
Presenter: Escape to the Library Pre-conference
Presenter: Games & Gaming Round Table Sharing Session
Presenter: Games 101
Georgetown County Library Staff In-Service 2017
Presenter: LSTA ECO Literacy Grant Overview and Goals
Presenter: Escape Rooms in Libraries
Shushcon 2017
Presenter & Workshop Lead: Escape Room Creation for Libraries
SC State Library Teen Services Exchange, January 2017
Presenter: Escape Rooms in Libraries
SC State Library, September January 2016
Presenter: Games in Libraries - Justification and Implementation
Georgetown County Library Staff In-Service 2016
Presenter: Games at the Georgetown County Library
Shushcon 2016
Presenter: Video Games on XBOX 1, PS4, and STEAM for Libraries
Presenter: Game Demos for Librarians
Presenter: Unconventional Conventions - Game Events at Libraries
Pee Dee Children's Librarians 2014 & 2015
Presenter & Training Session: Modern Board Games for Libraries
Georgetown County Library Staff In-Service 2013
Training Session: Creating Community Through Games
Georgetown County Library Staff In-Service 2011
Training Session: Using Games to Understand Perception Gaps
BGG.con 2011
Presenter: Games in Libraries
ALA TechSource Gaming Learning & Libraries Symposium 2007
Presenter: Creating a Game Friendly Environment
Media - Inverse Genius
On Board Games Episodes 1 - current
Executive Producer
Editor
Podcast correspondent
Host
Reviewer
Sound Engineer
Games in Schools and Libraries Episodes 1 - current
Co-host
Producer
Sound Engineer
On RPGS Episodes 1 - current
Co-host
Assistant Sound Engineer
Inverse Genius - current
Co-host
Producer
Assistant Sound Engineer
Room Escape Divas
Guest (Episode 10)
Guest (Episode 48)
Media - Outside Sources
LibraryVoicesSC
Pssst... Games in Libraries... Still Cool.
December 8, 2016
(Episode 9)
The Party Gamecast - What the Food
Guest with Professor Laserbooks, Jared Hunnerfeld, and Your Moderator Chris
(Episode 10)
Board Game Hour Podcast
Guest with Scott (Episode 10)
Board Games with Scott
Guest host (Episode 37)
Gamestarter
Guest Host (Episode 10)
How to Play
Guest (Episode 16)
Rolling Dice and Taking Names
Guest with Erik Dewey (Episode 60)
Game Clubs
Grand Strand Gamers
Co-founder
Bishop McGuinness Player’s Guild
Member
Bishop McGuinness Gaming Society
Founding Member & Officer
Event Planner
Liaison with Faculty
Player’s Guild of Central Oklahoma
Founding Member
Officer
President
Event Organizer
RPGA
Regional Director
Chaosium Event Sanctioning
Syracuse Board Gamers
Member
Events & Conventions
Game room organization multiple years
ShushCon 2016 - 2018
BMHS School Olympics
Psurrealcon
Soonercon
Thundercon
Player’s Guild DoGs (Day of Games)
ICE Breaker – Iron Crown Enterprises company event
DreamCon (1991)
Attend and Support
Board Game Geek Con
Dice Tower Con
Stormcon SC
SCARAB, 2015, 2016, 2017
Seancon
Gathering of Friends
PLAY!
Conjuration
Contest
OKON
DunDracon
Kublacon
Niagara Boardgames
Conestoga
Company Convention Support
Origins
Iron Crown Enterprises
Green Knight Publishing
Second Rat Games
Chaosium
Gencon
Iron Crown Enterprises
Green Knight
Chaosium
GAMA
Iron Crown Enterprises
Green Knight
Company Work
Stronghold Games
Knight of the Stronghold/Demo Team Member at BGG Con
TSR
RPGA Regional Director
RPGA Scenario Sanctioning for non TSR properties.
Chaosium
Convention Support
RPGA scenario sanctioning
Playtester
Iron Crown Enterprises
Silent Death Line Developer
Combat Express Brand Manager
Playtester for dozens of products
Event support
Tournament creation
Web Site Designer
Mayfair Games
Playtest & Demo
Green Knight Publishing
Pendragon RPG Line Developer
Art Director
Convention and event support
Second Rat Games
Co Owner
Designer
Art Director
Convention Events
Sound Engineer
